This photo of Ashley Lee appears on the Tumblr webpage, 'I, too, am Iowa,' part of a movement to raise awareness about the experiences of minority students.

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Holly Hines
Iowa City Press-Citizen

On a Tumblr webpage titled "I, too, am Iowa," one message reads: "Your assumptions about me, my character, or my intelligence say way more about you than me."

This message is one of 23 displayed on the webpage, all focusing on misconceptions some people may have about minorities.

The Tumblr webpage is the visual product of a movement that Ashley Lee, a University of Iowa student and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People member, helped start earlier this month after noticing a similar movement titled "I, too, am Harvard." ...